British technology company brightsolid (part of DC Thomson,
which owns findmypast.com)
has a new game called Family House you can play on your iPhone,
iPad or Facebook.
Players build and restore a "family house," moving in more
family members as they explore their family history. Players
even can represent these virtual family members with avatars
dressed in period clothing. Download the app from the iTunes
store or play
it on Facebook.

The subscription-based digital
archive of The Stars and Stripes, a newspaper
published for the American community in Europe, has been updated
with WWII-era editions from London (1942-1945) and Northern
Ireland (1943-1945). The archive launched in 2008 with papers
from 1948 to 1999. Subscriptions range from $4.95 for a one-day
pass to $47.40 for one year.

Registration has opened for the Foundation for East European
Family History Studies' 2014 conference, taking place Aug. 12-15
in Salt Lake City. The opening reception features Eastern
European hors d'oeuvres—yum!—and classes cover German, Russian,
Austrian, Polish, Czech, Jewish and other Eastern European
ancestry. See a
program and register at the conference website.